When Marisa from Your Virtual Desk sent through the question “How to put a stop to feeling like you always need to be on” both of us let out a knowing sigh. This is something that we can all relate to when working in a remote environment. It’s an experience that comes with a bit of a gut punch when you start to dig a little deeper, and we share our tips on how we’ve helped to reduce the ‘always on’ mentality in our businesses.

In this episode, you get to enjoy Amber’s full awkwardness as she tries to navigate yet another challenge set by our cheerleaders, Leanne Woff from Audacious Empires, and Kym Bina from VPA Support.

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When you’re a solo-operator working across multiple clients in different levels of support, taking time off requires a whole new level of navigation – regardless of the type of service you offer. In this episode Amber talks about the lessons she learnt when wanting to take time off for school holidays, and introduces a term called ‘RAP’ (Reduced Activity Period).

There’s also a hint of cheek and awkwardness that starts to come through as we are set challenges from fellow business owners, Leanne Woff from Audacious Empires, and Kym Bina from VPA Support. There are words we’re NOT allowed to say (and you hear the penalty: butt butt butt), and then there are terms we HAVE to say #totesawks

Welcome to the full level of us both embracing our authentic selves from here on!

In this episode we answer Sarah's question which was: "How do I build healthy habits around invoicing when struggling with mental health?" Sarah's question goes on to share that consistency and confidence can be affected when she gets burnt out or is going through a rocky mental health phase. It's a beautiful question and we thank Sarah for asking and sharing with us. We discuss our thoughts on this concern and touch on some of the factors we feel can impact invoice confidence and what we think might be able to help. Enjoy!